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Iowa

2004
Describes the geography, history, government, people, culture, and attractions of Iowa.

Cosmos Coyote and William the Nice

2002
When sent to live on a farm in Iowa as an alternative to juvenile detention, seventeen-year-old Cosmos falls in love with a religious girl and reconsiders his values and beliefs.

A thousand acres

1996
The story of an Iowa farmer who decides to retire in 1979 and turns over his valuable land to his three daughters.

Iowa

1979
Discusses the history, geography, resources, and famous citizens of the Hawkeye State. Also spotlights numerous places of interest.

Dagmar Schultz and the powers of darkness

1989
Dagmar makes a deal with Edgar, New Berlin, Iowa's only warlock; he'll use his powers to make James Mann fall in love with her if Dagmar can convince Aunt Gretchen to go out on a date with Edgar.

Weeping underwater looks a lot like laughter

2010
Seventeen-year-old George Flynn, having just moved to Des Moines, Iowa, with his family in 1993, is rescued from high school obscurity by the Schell sisters, Emily, an aspiring actress and classmate, and her younger sister Katie, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, but tragedy derails the slow-going romance between George and Emily, leaving him to look back as an adult in an effort to understand what went wrong.

Little heathens

hard times and high spirits on an Iowa farm during the Great Depression
2007
Mildred Kalish recounts the experiences she had while growing up on her grandparents' farm in Iowa during the Great Depression.

Iowa

the Hawkeye State
2010
A photographic introduction to Iowa, discussing the history, geographical features, industries, wildlife, attractions, and other aspects of the Hawkeye State.

The weight of silence

2009
Seven-year-old Callie, silent since a violent incident in her home three years earlier, is dragged off into the forest by her drunk, irrational father Griff one morning, and when her friend, Petra, disappears from her home at the same time, things begin to look very dark for Griff.

H is for Hawkeye

an Iowa alphabet
2003
A rhyming alphabet that names people, places, and things from Iowa's history, culture, and natural world and provides background information on each one.

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